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Few programs outside of the Power 5 have been as dominate as Northern Illinois. The Huskies have won 57 games over the past five seasons while becoming a fixture in annual rankings. Quite the feather in the cap of the Mid-American Conference. That said, here are five MAC games to watch this upcoming season: Bowling Green at Buffalo Saturday, Oct. 3 The Buzz: Buffalo is one two Mid-American Conference teams to open the season with a new head coach. Lance Leipold, who won six Division III national titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater, hopes to duplicate that success with the Bulls. His first test will be against a Bowling Green team that is coming off back-to-back East Division titles. The...

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FIRST DOWN
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